Iran
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 2026869
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- theocratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 1979, revised in 1989 to extend presidential power
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Sharia law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Shia majority; 10% Sunni; Christian, Jewish, Bahá'í, and Zoroastrian minorities
From the country
- MAY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Haghi executed in Yazd on May 11
MAY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fereydoun Mohammadi and Mohammad-Ali Miri executed in Zahedan on May 11
MAY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran sentences another political prisoner to death: Ehsan Faridi
MAY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Miyaneh on May 11
MAY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Sedighi executed in Shahroud on May 11
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rouhollah Moradiani and Maziar Karimi executed in Karaj on May 7
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali (Arash) Shafiee executed in Shiraz on May 7
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Pourassadi executed in Rasht on May 7
- MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ashraf Shahbazi executed in Yasuj on May 7
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Rezayi executed in Yasuj on May 7
- MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Maziar Karimi executed in Karaj on May 7
MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Khani executed in Arak on May 6